It’s finally Fall, which means you’re probably making new playlists for the season, right? Hot girl summer is over, so here are 5 tracks to fill your playlists with whatever kind of Fall you want to have!
Extra Time – The Boy Who Dreamed Of The Stars
‘The Boy Who Dreamed Of The Stars’ is an emotional track with a moderate tempo and 70s influences. The vocal layering helps them pop out, and the synthy guitar instrumentation is mixed well so that different parts find their shine at different times. It comes from the album ‘Songs With Long Titles’ which deals with the concept of child abuse, and with this in mind, it’s a hard listen but tells an important narrative. The music video for this track just came out, and it’s beautifully animated.
APW – BETTA
‘Betta’ has a toned-back R&B beat with vocal harmonies, bouncy synth piano notes, well-paced percussion, claps, and guitars. Each part of it fits well together with a chill groove and enters and exits at the right times so nothing is overwhelming. On top of that, the vocals are full, beautiful, and riffy. It does well at playing with the idea of getting through hurt, and the main hook is an absolute earworm.
The Chuck – Mind over Matter
The instrumentation of ‘Mind over Matter’ has all the power of a rock growl sound in the production, but the vocals bring these catchy and exciting pop harmonies. Like the last track shared, the hook is an amazing earworm. It seems to tell an introspective story of getting by even when habits are destructive by attempting to follow one’s brain over their possessions.
Arnaud Keller – You and I
‘You and I’ Is an exciting pop-rock track with an 80s-influenced synthy groove. It definitely does well at taking a rock basis but dashing in a dancey tone with the bouncy synth. This is a catchy song about love, and it explores the idea of taking a chance on someone to make things work out long-term.
Kevin Hill – Haku
Haku is a beat that won’t fail to drive introspective with an overall chillness but dashes in excitement. It garners the calm production value of lo-fi, but also is extremely well-produced with clarity. The use of vocal synths but not words as a basis is well-implemented, and the percussion really holds or pushes the energy forward so that things stay interesting.
Written by Sage Plapp
